Hyannisport with the kennedy compound, it seemed like a summer camp. Compared to what other president s have done on their vacations, what sort of activities did john f. Kennedy do . Time magazine in august, 1962, said that not since the days of Theodore Roosevelt had the nation witnessed what the magazine called such a hard pounding, muscleaching round of activities. And hyannisport, which was besieged by tourists, the president , his children, his nephews, his nieces scrambled on the lawn, splashed in the water. At times, when i read about it, i thought it resembled the olympics. Time described it this way sitting down is somehow considered that form. Touch football has rest periods. Between tennis, swimming, water skiing, sailing and dragging. Dragging as an attempt to avoid drowning while being towed by a life preserver tied to the president s schooner. Look magazine put a picture of the president on a golf cart loaded down with nieces and nephews. What did this image say . It cert
The problem is, nobody knows who you are. Jimmy. Jimmy who . My name is jimmy carter and im running for president. You will raise your right hand and repeat after me. I gerald r. Ford do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. When i saw dad put his hand on the bible, and mom was holding it, there was tremendous pride. It was like his whole career had come together for that moment, unexpectedly. Five men were arrested early saturday while trying to install eavesdropping equipment at the Democratic National committee. Gerald ford has been Vice President for less than a year when he is suddenly thrust into the oval office to lead a nation in crisis. Gerald ford becomes president because Richard Nixon resigns in disgrace during the watergate scandal. Nixon had been guilty of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, causing the American People to have no respect for him or respect for the office of the presidency. It was really important t
America. The problem is, nobody knows who you are. Jimmy. Jimmy who . My name is jimmy carter and im running for president. You will raise your right hand and repeat after me. I gerald r. Ford do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. When i saw dad put his hand on the bible, and mom was holding it, there was tremendous pride. It was like his whole career had come together for that moment, unexpectedly. Five men were arrested early saturday while trying to install eavesdropping equipment at the Democratic National committee. Gerald ford has been Vice President for less than a year when he is suddenly thrust into the oval office to lead a nation in crisis. Gerald ford becomes president because Richard Nixon resigns in disgrace during the watergate scandal. Nixon had been guilty of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, causing the American People to have no respect for him or respect for the office of the presidency. It was really im
A very brief bit of. Who was wallace and why should we care about him . Wallace carroll although largely unknown, today was of the most respected and influential journalists, editors and publishers of the 20th century. A reporter. The united press in europe during, the 1930s and early 1940, carol covered of the most significant events leading to and during World War Two. Then went on to work for the u. S. Office of war information, undertook two stints as editor and later publisher of the Winston Salem journal and served as number two to james reston in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. Again more details to come, but was much more than a globetrotting journalist giving us eyewitness accounts of events, or even just your run of the mill editor. As alan mary will tell us, carol was a mentor, an example to a generation of journalists who even today still and try to follow his tenants of good journalism. These an absolute commitment, accuracy and the truth. Attention to detail,
Our speakers are wellknown journalists. Al hunt, former Washington Bureau chief, the wall street journal and host of the podcast 2022 politics war room, and the author. The book Mary Llewellyn mcneil. More them later, though. Since the book has not been released before tonight, the presenters asked that i give you a very brief bit of. Who was wallace and why should we care about him . Wallace carroll although largely unknown, today was of the most respected and influential journalists, editors and publishers of the 20th century. A reporter. The united press in europe during, the 1930s and early 1940, carol covered of the most significant events leading to and during World War Two. Then went on to work for the u. S. Office of war information, undertook two stints as editor and later publisher of the Winston Salem journal and served as number two to james reston in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. Again more details to come, but was much more than a globetrotting journalist g